School Education Minister Kunwar Vijay Shah said that with the success of Rashtriya Balrang in Bhopal in the last few years, it has emerged as a powerful platform for talented school students to give cultural performances.
He told the students taking part in the Samaroh to give cultural and literary performances with full enthusiasm. Kunwar Shah was addressing the three-day Rashtriya Balrang Samaroh organized at Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya on Shyamala Hills in Bhopal on Tuesday.
The minister said that the help of 118 government high schools will be taken in the first phase to promote school band in Madhya Pradesh. As many as 550 school children from 26 states and nearly 10 thousand students from schools of the state will take part in the samaroh.
Kunwar Shah said at the inaugural programme that people will get an opportunity to know about the varied culture of the country from the children coming for the Balrang from various states. He told the students about the importance of cleanliness in life. He later visited the school band competition site. Bands give us a lesson on discipline also apart from music. School bands have been included in the form of competition for the first time in Balrang Samaroh.
Director of Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalay Sarit Kumar Choudhury said that Manav Sangrahalay is identified as a siginificant centre to understand human heritage in the whole country. Students who come here will be able to enhance their knowledge. Director Public Instructions Anju Pavan Bhadouria gave information about the activities to be organized at the Balrang Samaroh.
He said that the objective of Balrang is to introduce school students too national unity and the culture and heritage of various states. The students have benefitted from this event being organized since last 11 years. He told that the samaroh was first organized on January 26, 1996. From 2005, it turned into a national event.
School students from 13 states, eight northeastern states and five Union territories are taking part in the Rashtriya Balrang Samaroh. The samaroh will comprise cultural and literary competitions in both junior and senior category. Apart from Madrasas and Sanskrit school, special competitions are being held for differently abled students also. The main attraction at the samaroh will be folk-dance. Students will give cultural performances of their states through folk dances. Prizes for the winning teams include Rs 51,000 (first prize), Rs 31,000 (second) and Rs 21,000 (third).